Re: Not predefined Extended Latin character needed, interesting solution found

[Oliver Corff]

Hi Deri,

I'll try later. I remember Peter's script which I had found during my
very first efforts of learning *roff.

The URW fonts *are* present on my system, have to compile groff once
from source.

Thanks again,
Oliver.


On 17/05/2021 19:24, Deri wrote:
> On Monday, 17 May 2021 17:58:26 BST Oliver Corff wrote:
>
> > Hi Deri,
>
> >
>
> > On 17/05/2021 17:00, Deri wrote:
>
> > > printf '.ft U-TR\n\xc4\x8cSSR' | groff -kT pdf | okular -
>
> >
>
> > on my installation (groff 1.22.4) there is no U-TR font out of the box,
>
> > and thus I only get these two warnings:
>
> >
>
> > troff: <standard input>:1: warning: can't find font 'U-TR'
>
> > troff: <standard input>:2: warning: can't find special character
>
> > 'u0043_030C'
>
> >
>
> > Is it possible to copy TR to U-TR and add the needed characters?
>
> >
>
> > Best,
>
> >
>
> > Oliver.
>
>
> Hi Oliver,
>
>
> The U- family of fonts are created when groff is built IF it can find
> the URW fonts in specific places on the system (there is also a way to
> tell configure to find them yourself). If you compile your groff from
> source just make sure you have installed the URW fonts before running
> the configure command and make sure it reports the URW fonts have been
> found. If you are using a packaged version of groff where it has been
> decided not to use these alternative fonts you could use Peter
> Schaffter's script to install new fonts which do contain this glyph.
>
>
> His site says:-
>
>
> "A bash script to make the entire process of installing fonts a
> painless no-brainer has been posted online at
> http://www.schaffter.ca/mom/install-font . Be sure to make the script
> executable ( chmod 755 install-font ) after you download it, then type
> ./install-font -H for usage."
>
>
> Cheers
>
>
> Deri